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Schow, Ussatis and Aberle finish the season of speed at Devils Lake Speedway with feature wins

By Heather MacDonald

CRARY, ND (August 31-September 1) - Devils Lake Speedway hosted two shows over Labor Day weekend, with WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners including Daniel Aberle, Matt Schow, and Kasey Ussatis.

Twenty-two WISSOTA Midwest Mods were on hand for the rescheduled 8th annual Midwest Mod Golden Hammer Classic on Saturday night. The feature race, set up by passing points from dual heat races, featured three-wide battles and hard charges to the front of the field.

When the dust settled, the front row ran away from the field with last year's winner Brennon Weight finishing second to first-time Golden Hammer victor Matt Schow. Preston Carr was third ahead of Zach Reinke, who picked his way forward from 14th to fourth. Jamie Dietzler finished fifth.

Eric Haugland was the hard charger of the race, as he made his way forward 13 positions to finish eighth.

In the WISSOTA Street Stocks, Daniel Aberle took the checkered flag for old times’ sake on Saturday night. Trey Hess was hot on his tail to finish second, while Kasey Ussatis was third. Mike Mund and Austin Dueck completed the top five.

The home track rules Pure Stock feature was highly controversial. The feature winner was ultimately DQ’ed at the scale and the win was awarded to Joe Armstrong.

In the Non-Wing Nationals, two features were held for race fans, with Jack Berger and Jeremy Lizakowski both winning their respective races.

On Sunday night, action reconvened at Devils Lake Speedway. In the WISSOTA Street Stocks, an early race pileup plagued the feature, with multiple drivers forced to retire, including Hess.

Out front, Ussatis cruised to victory lane, while Dueke moved five spots forward to finish second. “The Legend” Stoney Kruk was third, Mike Mund was fourth and Drew Peterson rounded out the top five. Hess was crowned the 2024 track points champion.

In the WISSOTA Midwest Mods, Schow survived the caution-filled feature to take the checkered flag with Austin Hunter finishing second. Reise Stenberg charged forward 11 spots to third, while Jarod Klein was fourth. Carr completed the top five. Ryne Uhrich won the points championship for the 2024 season.

In the Pure Stock feature, Ryker Vetter drove to his first feature win ever. Joe Armstrong won the points championship.

For night two of the North Dakota Non-Wing Nationals, the main feature was nothing short of excitement. Ken Hron made a huge last-lap, last-corner pass by Chris Lewis to win at the line by .096 seconds. Jeremy Lizakowski finished third, Chad Wulff was fourth and Jori Hughes finished fifth.

SUMMARY

Saturday, August 31

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 2S-Matt Schow[1]; 2. 28-Brennon Weight[2]; 3. 5C-Preston Carr[10]; 4. 22-Zach Reinke[14]; 5. 39-Jamie Dietzler[3]; 6. B0-Jason Strand[9]; 7. 12-Jaden Varnson[15]; 8. 32-Eric Haugland[21]; 9. 44-Austin Hunter[4]; 10. 47-Memphis Klassen[16]; 11. 10C-Cole Haugland[5]; 12. 35-Tanner Theis[19]; 13. 34-Ryne Uhrich[12]; 14. 8-Jason Schuh[6]; 15. 68M-Matthew Duchscherer[22]; 16. 15-MaKenna Romuld[18]; 17. 77JR-Brody Kraft[13]; 18. 4K-Cory Kehler[17]; 19. 27-Adam Unrau[20]; 20. (DNF) 7B-Bailey Cousins[7]; 21. (DNF) 25-Josh Ostenson[11]; 22. (DNF) 87S-Reise Stenberg[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2S-Matt Schow[6]; 2. 28-Brennon Weight[7]; 3. B0-Jason Strand[2]; 4. 10C-Cole Haugland[8]; 5. 15-MaKenna Romuld[4]; 6. 35-Tanner Theis[5]; 7. 5C-Preston Carr[3]; 8. (DNF) 12-Jaden Varnson[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Austin Hunter[2]; 2. 8-Jason Schuh[1]; 3. 77JR-Brody Kraft[4]; 4. 25-Josh Ostenson[6]; 5. 34-Ryne Uhrich[7]; 6. 27-Adam Unrau[5]; 7. 4K-Cory Kehler[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 39-Jamie Dietzler[1]; 2. 7B-Bailey Cousins[3]; 3. 22-Zach Reinke[4]; 4. 87S-Reise Stenberg[6]; 5. 32-Eric Haugland[5]; 6. 47-Memphis Klassen[2]; 7. 68M-Matthew Duchscherer[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Brennon Weight[2]; 2. 2S-Matt Schow[3]; 3. 10C-Cole Haugland[1]; 4. 5C-Preston Carr[6]; 5. B0-Jason Strand[7]; 6. 35-Tanner Theis[4]; 7. 15-MaKenna Romuld[5]; 8. 12-Jaden Varnson[8]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 34-Ryne Uhrich[1]; 2. 44-Austin Hunter[6]; 3. 25-Josh Ostenson[2]; 4. 8-Jason Schuh[7]; 5. 77JR-Brody Kraft[4]; 6. 4K-Cory Kehler[5]; 7. 27-Adam Unrau[3]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 87S-Reise Stenberg[2]; 2. 39-Jamie Dietzler[7]; 3. 7B-Bailey Cousins[5]; 4. 68M-Matthew Duchscherer[1]; 5. 32-Eric Haugland[3]; 6. 22-Zach Reinke[4]; 7. (DNF) 47-Memphis Klassen[6]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 30-Daniel Aberle[4]; 2. 4-Trey Hess[7]; 3. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[6]; 4. 4M-Mike Mund[5]; 5. 07HD-Austin Dueck[9]; 6. 3-Ryan Mund[11]; 7. 00-Dustin Ebensteiner[1]; 8. 69-Stoney Kruk[13]; 9. 06-Drew Peterson[12]; 10. 28-Greg Jose[3]; 11. 77D-Joe Deede[2]; 12. (DNF) 99-Josh Barker[10]; 13. (DNF) 77-Adam Dehne[8]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[6]; 2. 4M-Mike Mund[2]; 3. 4-Trey Hess[4]; 4. 77-Adam Dehne[7]; 5. 07HD-Austin Dueck[5]; 6. 3-Ryan Mund[3]; 7. 69-Stoney Kruk[1]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 30-Daniel Aberle[1]; 2. 00-Dustin Ebensteiner[3]; 3. 77D-Joe Deede[2]; 4. 28-Greg Jose[6]; 5. 99-Josh Barker[5]; 6. 06-Drew Peterson[4]

Non-Winged Sprints:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 96-Jeremy Lizakowski[7]; 2. 5J-Chris Lewis[8]; 3. 46H-Ken Hron[11]; 4. 67-Chad Wulff[6]; 5. 56-Josh Braford[10]; 6. 22-Brandon Palm[3]; 7. 10C-Travis Case[1]; 8. 8-Parker Vilandre[5]; 9. 95-John Vaillancourt[13]; 10. 2-Tee Young[2]; 11. 21N-Bryan Nordrum[4]; 12. 21-Cory Palm[12]; 13. 17-Mariah LaPatka[14]; 14. (DNF) 16K-Matt Knudson[9]; 15. (DNS) 5-James Weber

A Feature 2 (25 Laps): 1. 19B-Jack Berger[8]; 2. 11J-Jori Hughes[6]; 3. 20L-Dusty Lawson[7]; 4. 37-Steve Nordrum[14]; 5. 85-Brenton Wiesz[4]; 6. 84-Joshua Johnson[5]; 7. 2T-Mike Tomlinson[10]; 8. 609-Casey Lang[3]; 9. 20-Kevin Lawson[9]; 10. 36-Tyler Wass[13]; 11. 15B-Doug Mccambridge[12]; 12. (DNF) 4-Colton Young[1]; 13. (DNF) 6-Mark Martin[2]; 14. (DNF) 1-Tony Gernert[11]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 5J-Chris Lewis[6]; 2. 67-Chad Wulff[4]; 3. 46H-Ken Hron[8]; 4. 2-Tee Young[2]; 5. 21-Cory Palm[1]; 6. 16K-Matt Knudson[3]; 7. (DNF) 10C-Travis Case[5]; 8. (DNS) 5-James Weber

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 96-Jeremy Lizakowski[6]; 2. 21N-Bryan Nordrum[3]; 3. 8-Parker Vilandre[5]; 4. 56-Josh Braford[1]; 5. 22-Brandon Palm[4]; 6. 17-Mariah LaPatka[7]; 7. (DNS) 95-John Vaillancourt

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 20L-Dusty Lawson[5]; 2. 6-Mark Martin[1]; 3. 11J-Jori Hughes[6]; 4. 85-Brenton Wiesz[4]; 5. 36-Tyler Wass[7]; 6. 1-Tony Gernert[2]; 7. (DNS) 15B-Doug Mccambridge

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 19B-Jack Berger[6]; 2. 609-Casey Lang[2]; 3. 84-Joshua Johnson[4]; 4. 20-Kevin Lawson[1]; 5. 37-Steve Nordrum[7]; 6. (DNF) 2T-Mike Tomlinson[3]; 7. (DNS) 4-Colton Young

Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 1CJ-Joe Armstrong[9]; 2. 12B-Tate Bullis[1]; 3. 0007H-Stan Dueck[2]; 4. 12-Dan Arends[5]; 5. 88-Allen Charette Jr[7]; 6. 8-Kyle Charette[6]; 7. 04-Trentin Decoteau[10]; 8. (DNF) 21X-Connor Erickson[8]; 9. (DNF) 27-Chris Unrau[3]; 10. (DNF) 18-Brody Michaelsohn[12]; 11. (DNF) 2-Liam Schow[4]; 12. (DQ) 17-Brady Jawaski[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Kyle Charette[1]; 2. 12B-Tate Bullis[5]; 3. 2-Liam Schow[4]; 4. 12-Dan Arends[6]; 5. 21X-Connor Erickson[2]; 6. (DNF) 17-Brady Jawaski[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1CJ-Joe Armstrong[2]; 2. 0007H-Stan Dueck[5]; 3. 88-Allen Charette Jr[1]; 4. (DNF) 27-Chris Unrau[3]; 5. (DNF) 18-Brody Michaelsohn[6]; 6. (DNF) 04-Trentin Decoteau[4]

Sunday, September 1

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2S-Matt Schow[8]; 2. 44-Austin Hunter[4]; 3. 87S-Reise Stenberg[14]; 4. 77-Jarod Klein[1]; 5. 5C-Preston Carr[5]; 6. 34-Ryne Uhrich[10]; 7. 22-Zach Reinke[3]; 8. 8-Jason Schuh[2]; 9. 35-Tanner Theis[12]; 10. 47-Memphis Klassen[6]; 11. 4H-Grant Hall[11]; 12. 4K-Cory Kehler[13]; 13. (DNF) B0-Jason Strand[7]; 14. (DNF) 15-MaKenna Romuld[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Austin Hunter[2]; 2. 2S-Matt Schow[4]; 3. B0-Jason Strand[1]; 4. 8-Jason Schuh[3]; 5. 15-MaKenna Romuld[7]; 6. 4H-Grant Hall[6]; 7. 4K-Cory Kehler[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Jarod Klein[1]; 2. 5C-Preston Carr[2]; 3. 22-Zach Reinke[6]; 4. 47-Memphis Klassen[4]; 5. 34-Ryne Uhrich[3]; 6. 35-Tanner Theis[5]; 7. (DNF) 87S-Reise Stenberg[7]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[1]; 2. 07HD-Austin Dueck[7]; 3. 69-Stoney Kruk[4]; 4. 3-Ryan Mund[8]; 5. 06-Drew Peterson[6]; 6. 4-Mike Mund[2]; 7. (DNF) 99-Josh Barker[10]; 8. (DNF) 4H-Trey Hess[5]; 9. (DNF) 28-Greg Jose[9]; 10. (DNF) 5-Royce Jawaski[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4H-Trey Hess[1]; 2. 5-Royce Jawaski[2]; 3. 06-Drew Peterson[3]; 4. 69-Stoney Kruk[4]; 5. 28-Greg Jose[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[4]; 2. 4-Mike Mund[2]; 3. 3-Ryan Mund[5]; 4. 07HD-Austin Dueck[3]; 5. 99-Josh Barker[1]

Non-Winged Sprints:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 46H-Ken Hron[4]; 2. 5J-Chris Lewis[3]; 3. 96-Jeremy Lizakowski[1]; 4. 67-Chad Wulff[6]; 5. 11J-Jori Hughes[5]; 6. 95-John Vaillancourt[15]; 7. 4-Colton Young[13]; 8. 19B-Jack Berger[2]; 9. 85-Brenton Wiesz[7]; 10. 22-Brandon Palm[10]; 11. 8-Parker Vilandre[9]; 12. 6-Mark Martin[16]; 13. 609-Casey Lang[11]; 14. 37-Steve Nordrum[20]; 15. 21-Cory Palm[19]; 16. 2-Tee Young[14]; 17. 20L-Dusty Lawson[8]; 18. (DNF) 84-Joshua Johnson[12]; 19. (DNF) 56-Josh Braford[17]; 20. (DNF) 21N-Bryan Nordrum[18]

A Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 10C-Travis Case[1]; 2. 15B-Doug Mccambridge[2]; 3. 36-Tyler Wass[6]; 4. 2T-Mike Tomlinson[5]; 5. 20-Kevin Lawson[3]; 6. 16K-Matt Knudson[8]; 7. 1-Tony Gernert[7]; 8. (DNF) 17-Mariah LaPatka[4]

Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 29V-Ryker Vetter[2]; 2. 8-Kyle Charette[4]; 3. 1CJ-Joe Armstrong[5]; 4. 7X-Waylon Poitra[1]; 5. 004-Hudson Hooker[3]; 6. (DNS) 07HD-Austin Dueck; 7. (DNS) 04-Trentin Decoteau; 8. (DNS) 88-Allen Charette Jr; 9. (DNS) 12B-Tate Bullis

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 004-Hudson Hooker[2]; 2. 29V-Ryker Vetter[3]; 3. 1CJ-Joe Armstrong[8]; 4. 8-Kyle Charette[6]; 5. 7X-Waylon Poitra[9]; 6. (DNF) 07HD-Austin Dueck[7]; 7. (DNF) 12B-Tate Bullis[4]; 8. (DNF) 88-Allen Charette Jr[5]; 9. (DNF) 04-Trentin Decoteau[1]